Non-reffilable bottle.



N. C. PETSONIS.

-N ON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3. 1917.

Patented May 7,1918.

NICK C. PETSONIS, OF CHEHALIS, \VASHINGTON.

NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed August 3, 1917. Serial. No. 184,312.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICK C. Pn'rsoNIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chehalis, in the county of Lewis and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention; relates to non-refillable bottles, and it relates more particularly to a non-refillable attachment for bottles of ordinary construction.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a non-refilling attached to a bottle which has a neck of the ordinary cylindrical construction, and without modifying the bottle, proper, in any particular.

Another object of the invention is to provide a non-refilling attachment of sane and simple construction so that the attachment may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost and may be shipped at a slight expense and without danger of loss from breakage.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be easily applied to the bottle without the use of tools.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is not capable of being removed and replaced after it has been properly attached to the bottle.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent to persons who read the following details of description in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a bottle and through my improved non-refilling attachment.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 except that. the bottle is inverted, and the check valve is in its open position.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, the section being taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional view, the

section being taken on line H of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, the

section being taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view, the

section being taken on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in

which similar reference characters correspond to similar parts throughout the several views,

The bottle 10, being of ordinary construcdevice that may be tion, is not described in detail, except to emphasize the fact that the inner surface of its neck is substantially cylindrical and unbroken; although, of course, my invention is adaptable to any form of bottle neck in which the opposite sides of its inner. walls are parallel.

My invention, according to this preferred embodiment, comprises a cylinder or tubular member 11 provided with a pair of segmental shelves or flanges 12 and 13, and an annular flange or valve seat 1ft- Within the outer cylinder 11 there is snugly fitted an inner cylinder 15, the same being seated on the flange 14: and secured by appropriate means. A bridge or support 16 has its ends secured to opposite sides of the cylinder or tubular member 15, and this bridge supports a tubular guide 17 through which a valve stem 18 is slidable, the latter being secured to a valve plate 19 which is adapted to be seated on the valve seat 14.

It will be seen that the elements 18 and 19 constitute a check valve.

These devices may be made in several standard sizes or in special sizes, so as to be fittedv within bottle necks of standard or special sizes, according to the requirements or desires of the venders and users. These attachments may be shipped directly to the bottling establishments, and being of metal, the danger of breakage is eliminated; while, being comparatively small and light, a great saving is effected, when compared with the necessary shipment and I6Sl1lP111811i1 of bottles in which the non-refilling elements are inseparable.

In applying this attachment to a bottle, the bottle must first be filled with the contents for which it is intended, whereupon, my improved non-refilling attachment is inserted in the bottle neck and pressed downward until its upper end is flush with the upper end of the bottle neck. I may slightly enlarge or flare the cylinder 11 at its top, as indicated at 20, to prevent the attachment from being pressed too deeply into the bottle neck.

I may employ any appropriate securing means for preventing the attachment from being removed from the bottle neck such as an adhesive material which may be applied to the interior of the bottle neck, the exterior of the attachment, or both.

An ordinary cork or stopper (not shown) may be applied within the cylinder 11, so

as to prevent leakage of the liquid from the bottle.

When it is desired to pour liquid from the bottle, it is only necessary to remove the cork or other sealing means, and invert the bottle as in Fig. 2 whereupon the check valve will move toward the mouth of the bottle, thereby allowing the liquid to flow through the valve opening, through the openings at the lateral side of the bridge 16, and thence through the opening between the flanges 12 and 13. However, when the bottle is turned to its normal upright position, the check valve moves by gravity onto its seat 14.

it will be seen, therefore, that the bottle cannot be refilled, because the check valve allows the liquid to flow only in the outward direction. The check valve cannot be reached by any instrument, so as to be held in its open position when the bottle is in its normal position. This is true because each of the flanges 12 and 13 extend beyond the axis or vertical center of the cylinder 11-, while the valve stem 18 is concentric with the cylinder and is, therefore, overhung by both of said flanges 12 and 13, and the flange 12 overhangs the flange 13.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have invented a' non-refilling attachment the inner end of the tubular member, a

guide carried by the cylinder, a valve within the cylinder to close against the seat of the tubular member and having a stem mounted in the guide of the cylinder, and flanges projecting from opposite sides of the tubular member to within a distance of the opposite walls, said flanges having their inner portions overlapped and the innermost flange forming a stop to limit the unseating of the valve by engaging the end of the stem thereof. 1n testlmony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

NICK C. PETSONIS.

WVitnesses:

A. J. LONG, AUG. PAYNE.

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